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The pumping head would average 1,400 feet compared with 1,300 feet under Plan D, Because of storage in Red Cliff Reser- voir, it would be possible to capture full water allocations. Also, an average year-round uniform pumping rate of 37 mgd could be achieved as contrasted with pumping at stream flow rates varying upward to 300 mgd under Plan D. Consequently, pump and motor sizes would be appreciably reduced_ With uniform pump- ing rates and power requirements, much better efficiency and utilization of equipment would result as well as probable reduc- tion in power demand charges. A new electrical transmission line approximately 0.6 miles long would be required to supply elec- tric power to the pumping station as compared with 3.8 miles under Plan D. f, A 42 inch pipeline beginning at the pumping station, extend- ing 32,000 feet southwesterly up Homestake Valley, thence northwesterly 4,500 feet to a connection with the northern terminus of the existing Fancy-French conduit, and then dis- charging into Homestake Reservoir through the existing Missouri Tunnel. Although the pipeline would carry water from the Eagle-Arkansas Division in addition. to Homestake waters, the pipeline would be 42 inches compared with 78 inches under Plan D because of the uniform pumping rate under Plan E. 6. Plan F - Tunnels, Pipeline, Reservoir, and Pumping Plan F contemplates a joint undertaking between the Cities and the DWB and would also require acquisition from the CRWCD of prior filings for the I ron Mountain Dam and Reservoir under the Red Cliff Project. Under Plan F, all waters allocated to the Cities and DWB would be diverted to Iron Mountain Reservoir, then pumped through a conduit and tunnel system to the existing DWB Dillion Reservoir. Plan F includes: a. A tunnel from Homestake Valley, beginning near the center of Section 30, Township 6 South, Range 80 West, extending 16 northwesterly 24,000 feet, passing beneath Fall Creek and Peter- son Creek and terminating below Cross Creek Valley at elevation 9,050. Riser shafts and diversion facilities would be prov'ided at Fall, Cro~s, and Peterson Creeks. The diversion point on CrossO ,:::.. Creek would be downstream of the mouths of West and East ~ Cross Creeks and would permit all diversion from Cross Creek to :J) be made at one location. The Cities would bear the entire cost of this tunnel as the DWB would divert no waters through the tunnel. . . . b. I ron Mountain Reservoir on Homestake Creek with a dam near the center of Section 30, Township 6 South, Range 80 West. This reservoir would be constructed as a joint undertaking with the DWB. . . . The reservoir maximum water surface would be elevation 8,960 and the storage volume 100,000 acre-feet of water. DWB water rights would produce yields approximately equal to the Cities, and the .reservoir capacity and costs would be shared equally. Construction of the reservoir would require relocation of 2.5 miles of U. S. Highway 24, 2.3 miles of 115 kV electrical trans- mission line and 2.4 miles of telephone lines. Additionally, 3.7 miles of new road would be required along the shore line of the new reservoir for access to Homestake Valley. . . . . c. A diversion structure on the Eagle River near the southeast corner of Section 4, Township 7 South, and Range 80 West. From the diversion structure, a 96 inch gravity pipeline would extend northwesterly 6,600 feet to the west quarter corner of Section 4, Township 7 South, Range 80 West to discharge to a drainage course tributary to Iron Mountain Reservoir. '. . The diversion structure and conduit would divert waters allocated both to DWB and the Cities. Water allocations are approximately 26 per cent to the Cities and 74 per cent to the DWB. Costs would be prorated to each participant in the same ratio. . . d. A 90 mgd pumping station in Homestake Valley, located immediately downstream of Iron Mountain Dam. This station